John D Rockefeller on Ambition Quotes

"I would rather be a self-made man than a man who was born into wealth."

"The person who starts simply with the idea of getting rich won't succeed; you must have a larger ambition."

"Go to the work with a heart for it."

"The man who starts out simply with the idea of getting rich won't succeed; you must have a larger ambition."

"The most important thing for a young man is to establish a credit—a reputation, character."

"The impression was gaining ground that I was a man who would never be satisfied until I had everything in sight."

"I believe in the dignity of labor, whether with head or hand; that the world owes no man a living but that it owes every man an opportunity to make a living."

"I had no ambition to make a fortune. Mere money-making was never my object. I had an ambition to build."

"I never had the ambition to make a great fortune. Mere money-making has never been my goal, I had an ambition to build."

"Giving is the secret of a healthy life. Not necessarily money, but your focused energy."

"Don't be afraid to give up the good to go for the great."

"I didn't want to be a common man. It was my right to be uncommon if I could."

"I never had an ambition to make a fortune... I had an ambition to build."

"If your only goal is to become rich, you will never achieve it."